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Clerkenwell picks Cold Feet star for Ugly role
Cold Feet star James Nesbitt has been lined up to feature in a black comedy thriller for ITV1, writes Jon Rogers.
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Mentorn wins ITV class order
ITV has commissioned Mentorn Scotland to make an ambitious 90-minute documentary, The Estate , in which members of an upper class family swap places with those on inner city estate, writes Paul Revoir.
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Blackpool lights up musical show
The bright lights and faded grandeur of Blackpool is to be the backdrop for a major BBC1 'musical drama' - one of a number of new projects from BBC head of drama serials Laura Mackie, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Know Comment wins BBC contract
Ten Alps subsidiary Know Comment has won the BBC contract to provide live TV coverage of the four 2004 political party conferences in Scotland. It marks the first time conference coverage has been contracted out to the indie sector by BBC Scotland. The company will work with Bowtie Television, which ...
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Fraud case teaches BBC costly lesson
BBC Worldwide wanted to do direct deals with Chinese manufacturers to make Tweenies toys. Conor Dignam reports on how the plan led to a£500,000 fraud case
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Clocking Off writer pens BBC cop show
Clocking off writer Bill Gallagher is penning a cop series for BBC1 and BBC3.
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ITV gains terrestrial rights to Ali G films
ITV has snapped up the terrestrial premiere rights to Ali G in da House , the cinematic debut of Sacha Baron Cohen's comic creation, despite the fact that the character was developed by Channel 4. The acquisition is part of an output deal with Working ...
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Action time does format deals in Europe
Distributor Action Time has secured a raft of format deals with broadcasters across Europe. Music gameshow All Together Now , created by Keshet Formats, has been picked for an additional 18 episodes by Star Channel in Greece and a second series on Show TV in ...
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C4 orders two new Wife swap series
Channel 4 commissioning editor, documentaries Hilary Bell has ordered two series of the reality show Wife Swap. Both 6 x 60-minute runs will air this year. RDF media has now appointed the show's executive producer Jenny Crowther on a full-time basis. She will also ...
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C4I does brisk business with Australia
Tiger Aspect's high-school drama Teachers has been sold to ABC in Australia as part of a package deal with Channel 4 International. ABC has also bought Lion Television's two-part documentary Island of the Minotaur , RDF Media's Carthage, The ...
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American Idol 3 set for global airing
American Idol 3 , the US version of hit ITV show Pop Idol , is to be screened on a string of channels around the world including ITV2. The latest series of the show, produced by 19TV and Fremantle ...
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BBC2 to air Asian arts and culture series
The BBC's Asian Programme Unit (APU) is to launch its first Asian arts, entertainment and culture show since Network East. Desi DNA, which is due to air on BBC2 from next month, will showcase British Asian talent and will be presented by BBC Radio 1's Nihal Arthanyake, BBC Asian Network's ...
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£8m BBC2 arts show
BBC2 controller Jane Root this week confirmed a£8m investment in arts programming including a new 60-minute weekly arts journalism series, The Culture Show , which she billed as the channel's biggest new cultural programme for 10 years. The show will feature arts coverage from around ...
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NewsFive's£5m reality gamble
Five this week unveiled details of its much-vaunted£4.7m entertainment show Back to Reality - the channel's most expensive commission to date.
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NewsBBC reorders State of Play
State of Play , BBC1's award-winning conspiracy thriller, has been commissioned for a second series.
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C4 cooks up Ramsay show
Outspoken Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay is to give advice to struggling restaurants in a new series for Channel 4.
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NewsNew Asian magazine for BBC2
The BBC's Asian programme unit (APU) is to launch the first new Asian arts, entertainment and culture flagship show since Network East in 1987.
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NewsFloella charts Caribbean immigrants
Former Playschool presenter Floella Benjamin has made a short series for Channel 4 looking at the stories of first generation Caribbean immigrants to Britain.
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RDF questions men's motives
RDF is making a three-part reality show for Channel 4 that uses physical challenges to discover what motivates men - fear of punishment or anticipation of reward, writes Glen Mutel.
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RDFI teams up with Zig Zag in factual deal
RDF International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to a host of new factual programmes from indie Zig Zag Productions. The shows include one-hour documentary DIY Surgery , which features people who have had to operate unexpectedly on themselves or others, and a one-hour exploration ...